Rutte's statement on DPRK soldiers in Ukraine demand a NATO response

If we look at the diplomatic “language”, yesterday's statement by the NATO Secretary General regarding the deployment of North Korean troops in Europe is quite clear: “Ukraine's security is our security.“

But statements must be followed by immediate and decisive actions. Actions that are concentrated in time, resourced, and backed by clear political will and courageous leadership. 

A war that stretches over time is bound to come to NATO countries. Who is to say that the North Koreans will not later be redeployed to the Russian border with Estonia, Latvia, or directly to the Kaliningrad region, and the Chinese will not later appear on the Belarusian border with Poland or Lithuania?

Therefore, the responses must be adequate to the statements. 

If anyone is still discussing preventing escalation (which has already occurred), not spreading the war (which is already happening), or avoiding further security and defense spending (which is no longer realistic), they are not only out of touch with the aggressors but also with the flow of historical time!

The clock is ticking...

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About the author. Valeriy Chaly, Ukrainian diplomat, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States

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